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网络日志列表 【9th Grade(高中一年级'2017-18)】 |
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2018-08-25
【Thoughts on a Silent Night】
Bai LI (701—762) Before my bed a pool of light— Is it hoarfrost upon the ground? Eyes raised, I see the moon so bright; Head bent, in homesickness, I'm drowned. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《静夜思》】 李白(701生—762 |
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2018-08-25
【Seeing Meng Haoran off at Yellow Crane Tower】
Bai LI (701—762) My friend has left the west where towers Yellow Crane For River Town when willow-down and flowers reign. His lessening sail is lost in a boundless azure sky, Where I see but the endless River rolling by. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵》】 李白(70 |
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2018-08-25
【Aiden in English】
Well, it's the final day. I can't say I'm glad to go home, but YouTube, Snapchat, and Instagram have a large hole that food can't fill. In addition, I miss air conditioning and am not sweaty all day. Philadelphia is a rather hot city temperature-wise, but the air feels crisp and refreshing, not a massive wet towel plastered to your skin. Speaking of which, a cool shower would feel great right now. |
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2018-08-24
【Aiden in English】
Today was the first day I felt this adventure in China was almost over. Thirty-six hours in Nanjing, twenty-four more in Beijing, and then fourteen hours sitting in one place surrounded by strangers while flying through freezing clouds. Oddly enough, when the finish line is in sight, Mom slows the pace down, deciding now would be the best time to spend some family time. &n |
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2018-08-24
【The Answer】 Dao BEI (1949—) Baseness is the secret knock of the base Integrity is the epitaph of the noble Look how the gilded sky drifts full of The inverted crooked reflections of the dead
The ice age has passed, So why are there icicles everywhere? &nb |
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2018-08-23
【Declaration for Luoke YU】 Dao BEI (1949—) Perhaps the final hour comes I have left no testament Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero In an age without heroes I just want to be a man The still horizon &n |
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2018-08-23
【Coming Home at Night】 Dao BEI (1949—) After braving the music of the air raid alarm I hang my shadow on the hat-stand take off the dog's eyes (which I use for escape) remove my false teeth (these final words) and close my astute and experienced pocket watch (that garrisoned heart) The hours fall in the water one after the other in my dreams like depth bombs they explode —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • |
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2018-08-23
【A Country Night】 Dao BEI (1949—) Evening sunshine and distant hills fold into a crescent moon passing through an elmwood the bird nest is empty a path encircles the pond chasing a dog with a dirty coat up to |
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2018-08-23
【Farewell Doesn't Mean Forgetting】 Dao BEI (1949—) I'm leaving for a distant place. Don't blame me for going too far way. I will tell you why. We share the same moon every night. &nb |
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2018-08-23
【Nice to Meet You】 Dao BEI (1949—) I don't remember how many times I've prayed in secret For my dream to come true. One day We |
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2018-08-23
【Aiden in English】
Shanghai was fun while it lasted, and I don’t think two days do it justice. That is also why Mom furiously pushed the exploration of Shanghai yesterday and today. Luckily, we covered a good bit of the tourist section last night, so all that remained near the city center was Shanghai Tower and its surrounding metal forest. An oasis commonly describes a haven within an oc |
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2018-08-22
【Hope and Dashed Hope】 Dao BEI (1949—) Hope, hope, where can I find hope? Between the collapse of two waves, Between two rippled peaks, And in the valley of waves, there hides hope.
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2018-08-22
【Aiden in English】
Alright, so now I'm in Shanghai… That was fast. I guess it's expected of a bullet train. Leaving Nanjing in the late morning, we arrived in Shanghai at midday, receiving a warm welcome with delicious Shanghai cuisine. Luckily, the humidity dialed down a notch to a bearable level, and many shops in Shanghai had air conditioning. That would be the first differe |
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2018-08-21
【On Phoenix Terrace at Jinling】
Bai LI (701—762) On Phoenix Terrace once phoenixes came to sing, The birds are gone but still roll on the river's waves. The ruined palace's buried 'neath the weeds in spring; The ancient sages in caps and gowns all lie in graves.
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2018-08-21
【To Wang Lun Who Comes to Bid Me Farewell】 Bai LI (701—762) I, Li Bai sit aboard a ship about to go, When suddenly on shore footsteps and songs o'erflow. The Lake of Peach Blossom is a thousand fathoms deep, But not so deep as the friendship Wang Lun and I keep. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《赠汪伦》】 李白(701生—762卒) 李白 |
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2018-08-21
【On Death-Bed】
Bai LI (701—762) When flies the roc, he shakes the world. In mid-air, his weakened wings are furled. The wind he's raised still stirs the sea, He hangs his left wing on the sun-side tree. Posterity mine, hear, O, hear! |
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2018-08-21
【Aiden in English】
I've heard plenty of demonic college anecdotes. In some ways, the stories line up with the Marine Corps, terrifying experiences by banding together strangers into bonds stronger than bullets. In this case, college years make bonds strong enough to survive the test of time. Usually, meeting old friends at a hospital isn't a good thing. However, when most of them work as clinical scient |
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2018-08-20
【The Summit Temple】
Bai LI (701—762) A hundred feet high the Summit Temple stands, Where I could pluck the stars with my own hands. At dead of night, I dare not speak aloud For fear of waking dwellers in the cloud. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《夜宿山寺》】 李白(701生—762卒) 危楼高百尺， 手可摘星辰 |
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2018-08-20
【The Waterfall in Mount Lu Viewed from Afar • II】
Bai LI (701—762) The sunlit Censer Peak exhales incense-like cloud, The cataract hangs like an upended stream sounding loud. Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet from high As if the Silver River fell from the azure sky. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《望庐山瀑布 • |
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2018-08-20
【Aiden in English】
Mixed between the constant ingestion of food and sweating, this summer trip was sprinkled with visits to friends in China. Friends typically meant old college folks Mom hadn’t seen in three decades, so most of the time, I felt detached from the conversation, hence the time to write these journal entries. Each friend often gave long; elaborate hellos cut short by my mom to fit in the time slot within a busy week. Regardless, the |
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2018-08-19
【The Moon over the Eyebrow Mountains】
Bai LI (701—762) The crescent moon looks like old Autumn's golden brow, Its deep reflection flows with limpid water blue. I'll leave the town on Clear Stream for Three Canyons now. O Moon, how I miss you when you are out of view! —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《峨眉山月歌》】 李白(701生—762卒) 峨眉山月半轮秋， 影入 |
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2018-08-19
【Sitting Alone in Face of Peak Jingting】
Bai LI (701—762) All birds have flown away, so high; A lonely cloud drifts on, so free. We are not tired, the Peak and I, Nor I of him, nor he of me. —— • — |
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2018-08-19
【Aiden in English】
The most annoying thing about the summer in Nanjing is the humidity. It's hot already. Then top it off with a constant layer of warm steam-like moisture coating your skin, and you get the daily climate of Nanjing. It's the feeling of being hot and wet, yet somewhat dry at the same time. Your body is confused, so it sweats, adding to the already building layer of water on the skin. Your mind, also confused, wonders when the next sh |
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2018-08-18
【Saying Good-bye to Cambridge Again】
Zhimo XU (1897—1931) Very quietly I take my leave As quietly as I came here; Quietly I wave good-bye To the rosy clouds in the western sky.
The golden willows by the riverside &nb |
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2018-08-18
【Aiden in English】
This might have been the most satisfying flight I've ever had. It was a cute, crowded airplane with one snack and beverage, but getting in the air never felt so good. So, Nanjing's weather has stabilized. Theoretically, the plane flight should be guaranteed, but knowing our luck so far, Air China will overbook our flight and leave us stranded again. While we waited |
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2018-08-17
【Time】 Huiyin LIN (1904—1955) The seasons on earth are forever changing, In spring, you left some flowers and said goodbye, Not intending to return to share sighs of fall!
Now, even the cloudy yellow leaves are all fallen, It left vast gray skies lonely. |
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2018-08-17
【Time Difference】 William Marr (1936—) It's morning he paces up and down the room in silence
in a distant room she also paces up and down in silence |
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2018-08-17
【After the Power Failure】 Dan MU (1918—1977) The sun was fine, but it was down. I turned on the light and went on working as before, Thinking to have driven out the night, And offering private thanks to civilization. Suddenly, darkness triumphed, And the good old world went out. But I took courage and lit my small candle. The room thus |
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2018-08-17
【It Is Spring And It Is Not】
Lin Mang LIN (1949—) Spring it is and it is not She is nice but cruel as well Ever far away Covered in the mist were the fields Spring reaches as far as it can To promote the roots growing &n |
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2018-08-17
【This Generation】 Cheng GU (1949—1993) The dark nights gave me my dark eyes; I, however, use them to look for the light. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《一代人》】 顾城(1956生—1993卒) 黑夜给了我黑色的眼睛 |
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2018-08-17
【Aiden in English】 You are going to find that this trip will contain lots of food and simply me eating my way around China. As I said before, food stands as a significant part of Chinese culture. You can't expect me not to absolutely freak out whenever it's mealtime. It's been a few years since I've had authentic Chinese cuisine. In addition, many of the meetings between two Chinese friends occur around a table filled wit |
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2018-08-16
【Aiden in English】 The food I'm looking forward to the most in China is, well, that simple. Great culture, extended family, and a new world are all worthy of attention, but nothing captures all categories of China, such as its food. Therefore, I feel completely fine saying that Chinese food is equivalent to American football. You can't escape it, so why not embrace it? Chinese culture also puts more eff |
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2018-08-04 【Aiden in English】
I still remember walking into that summer camp without hopes of having fun—a dreary, rainy day with no inkling of sunlight. Then, I picked up a yo-yo. I can’t say I was impressed or interested in having a long-term contract with the yo-yo culture, but the people convinced me to join the yet-to-be-formed club. It’s a sad day for all, although I can’t say it wasn’t |
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2018-07-22
【I shall not return】 Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881—1958) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956〗 I shall not return. And night, mildly warm, serene, and silent, will lull the world, under beams of its solitary moon. My body will not be there, and through the wide-open window, a refreshing breeze will come inquiring for my soul. I don't know if a |
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2018-07-22
【Who Knows What Is Going On】 Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881—1958) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956〗 Who knows what is going on on the other side of each hour?
How many times the sunrise was there, behind a mountain!
How many times the brilliant cloud piling up far off was already a golden body full of thunder!
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2018-07-22
【From Dreaming】 Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881—1958) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956〗 ——No, no! and the dirty neck boy starts crying and running without getting away, in a moment, on the streets. His hands, he's got something in his hands! he doesn't know what it is, but he ru |
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2018-07-22
【The Poet To His Soul】 Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881—1958) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956〗 Day after day you keep the branch protected in case the rose may come; you go alert day after day, your ear warm at the gate of your body, for the arrow unexpected.
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2018-07-22
【On the City Ramparts of Cadiz】 Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881—1958) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956〗 The sea is enormous, just as everything is, yet it seems to me I am still with you... soon only water will separate us, water, restlessly shif |
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2018-07-22
【Aiden in English】
Well, I suppose all good things come to an end. While I do miss my cozy bed… delicious Chinese food… and favorite television, there are some experiences I don't want ever to end. But first, Barcelona awaits. Oddly enough, Barcelona, usually the highlight of most trips, is the shortest stop we have, not because of the time in port but because we must disembark the |
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2018-07-21
【Bestiary: the Parade of Orpheus • Orpheus】 Guillaume Apollinaire (1880—1918) Look at this pestilential tribe Its thousand feet, its hundred eyes: Beetles, insects, lice And microbes more amazing Than th |
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2018-07-21
【Bestiary: the Parade of Orpheus • Orpheus】 Guillaume Apollinaire (1880—1918) His heart was the bait: the heavens were the pond! For, fisherman, what fresh or seawater catch equals him, either in form or savour, that lovely divine fish, Jesus, My Saviour? —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • |
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2018-07-21
【Bestiary: the Parade of Orpheus • Orpheus】 Guillaume Apollinaire (1880—1918) Admire the vital power And the nobility of line: It’s the voice that the light made us understand here That Hermes Trismegistus writes of in Pimander. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《动物寓言：诗神的游行&n |
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2018-07-21
【Bestiary: the Parade of Orpheus • The Horse】 Guillaume Apollinaire (1880—1918) My harsh dreams knew the riding of you My gold-charioted fate will be your lovely car That for reins will hold tight to frenzy, My verses, the patterns of all poetry. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • |
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2018-07-21
【Bestiary: the Parade of Orpheus • The Hare】 Guillaume Apollinaire (1880—1918) Don’t be fearful and lascivious Like the hare and the amorous. But always let your brain weave The full form that conceives. —— • —— • |
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2018-07-21
【Bestiary: the Parade of Orpheus • The Rabbit】 Guillaume Apollinaire (1880—1918) There’s another cony I remember That I’d so like to take alive. Its haunt is there among the thyme In the valleys of the Land of Tender. —— • |
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2018-07-21
【Aiden in English】
Wow, the Mediterranean Romance is almost over. I haven't been counting the days, but sometimes time flies faster than you can expect. After crossing the halfway point, there's something psychological about the perception of time, and now I'm racing toward the finish line. My flight home is in sixty-eight hours. But let |
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2018-07-20
【Bestiary: the Parade of Orpheus • The Lion】 Guillaume Apollinaire (1880—1918) O lion, miserable image Of kings lamentably chosen, Now you’re only born in a cage In Hamburg, among the Germans. —— • —— • —— • |
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2018-07-20
【Farewell】 Guillaume Apollinaire (1880—1918) I’ve gathered this sprig of heather Autumn is dead you will remember On earth, we’ll see no more of each other The fragrance of time sprig of heather |
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2018-07-20
【Aiden in English】
I've never been to Las Vegas. Honestly, I don't feel like going with my family either. Sin City is better experienced with a bunch of dumb friends. While some of my friends have already touched the Las Vegas culture, I've yet to venture out into the gambling world. Let's begin with the Principality of Monaco, a country made for gambling. It's 2.5 kilome |
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2018-07-19
【Life of my life, you seem to me】 Torquato Tasso (1544—1595) Life of my life, you seem to me Like some pallid olive tree Or the faded rose I see: Nor do you lack beauty, But please in |
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2018-07-19
【Snowfall】 Giosuè Carducci (1835—1907) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906〗 Light snowfalls through an ashy sky. From the city, no sounds rise up, no human cries,
not the grocer’s call or the ruckus of his cart, no light-hearted song of being young and in love.
From the tower in the piazza, the quinsied hours &nbs |
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2018-07-19
【Per una ghirlandetta】 Dante Alighieri (1265—1321) Per una ghirlandetta ch’io vidi, mi farà sospirare ogni fiore. & |
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2018-07-19
【Dante】 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475—1564) WHAT should be said of him cannot be said; By too great splendor is his name attended; To blame is easier than those who him offended, Than reach the faintest glory round him shed. This man descended to the doomed and dead |
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2018-07-19
【Celestial Love】 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475—1564) NO mortal thing enthralled these longing eyes When perfect peace in thy fair face I found; But far within, where all is holy ground, My soul felt Love, her comrade of the skies: For she was born with God in Paradise; Nor all the shows of |
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2018-07-19
【Poem】 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475—1564) Ravished by all that to the eyes is fair, Yet hungry for the joys that truly bless, My soul can find no stair To mount to heaven, save earth's loveliness. For from the stars above Descends a glorious light &nb |
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2018-07-19
【The Doom of Beauty】 Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475—1564) Choice soul, in whom, as in a glass, we see, Mirrored in thy pure form and delicate, What beauties heaven and nature can create, The paragon of all their works to be! Fair soul, in whom love, pity, piety, |
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2018-07-19
【Autumn Song】 Dante Alighieri (1265—1321) Know'st thou not at the fall of the leaf How the heart feels a languid grief Laid on it for a covering, And how sleep seems a goodly thing In Autumn |
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2018-07-19
【Aiden in English】
The highlight of the trip, the pinnacle of summer, is the only reason I wanted to go on this surprising cruise: The Leaning Tower of Pizza. Or Pisa, whatever. I call it Pizza because it's in Italy and looks fabulous—simple thinking for the simple-minded. What's not simple-minded is the geometry of the tower. It is now a whopping four degrees off its center. That d |
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2018-07-18
【La Vita Nuova】 Dante Alighieri (1265—1321) In that book which is My memory . . . On the first page That is t |
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2018-07-18
【Love and the Gentle Heart】 Dante Alighieri (1265—1321) Love and the gentle heart are one thing, just as the poet says in his verse, each from the other one as well divorced as reason from the mind’s reasoning.
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2018-07-18
【Of Beauty and Duty】 Dante Alighieri (1265—1321) TWO ladies to the summit of my mind Have clomb, to hold an argument of love. The one has wisdom with her from above, For every noblest virtue well designed: The other, beauty's tempting to power refined And the high charm of perfect grace |
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2018-07-18
【That nightingale who weeps so sweetly】 Francesco Petrarca (1304—1374) That nightingale who weeps so sweetly, perhaps for his brood, or his dear companion, fills the sky and country round with sweetness with so many piteous, bright notes, and it seems all night he stays beside me, and remin |
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2018-07-18
【Now that the sky and the earth and the wind are silent】 Francesco Petrarca (1304—1374) Now that the sky and the earth and the wind are silent and the wild creatures and the birds are reined in sleep, Night leads its starry chariot in its round, and the sea without a wave lies in its bed, I look, think, burn, weep: and she who destroys me |
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2018-07-18
【The Flower from the Edge fo the Creavasse】 Eugenio Montale (1896—1981) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗 The flower which keeps repeating from the edge of the crevasse never forgets me has tints no lighter nor more clear than the space flung out between you and me. &nb |
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2018-07-18
【Aiden in English】
Day two of the repeated sites. This stop was mainly to send tourists to Rome, a highlight of the cruise. However, after spending three extra days in Rome three years ago, I think it would be better to move on. While it is possibly my favorite city to revisit, there is still much to explore in Italy, such as the Etruscan Necropolises in Tarquinia and the medieval treasures of Tuscania. |
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2018-07-17
【Full of a wandering thought that separates me】 Francesco Petrarca (1304—1374) Full of a wandering thought that separates me from all other men, and makes me go lonely through the world, hour after hour I am tempted by myself searching for her, whom I should fly from: and I see her go by so sweet and deadly that my soul trembles to rise in flight, sh |
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2018-07-17
【The Broken Pane】 Umberto Saba (1883—1957) It all conspires against you. Nasty weather, lights that keep going out, and the old house jolted by every gust. It’s dear to you for what you suffered in it, for the hopes dashed there, and for a few good times as well. |
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2018-07-17 
【Insomnia on a Summer Night】 Umberto Saba (1883—1957) I've positioned myself to relax under the stars, one of those nights sick with insomnia, a religious pleasure. &n |
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2018-07-17 
【Epitaph】 Umberto Saba (1883—1957) When I am alive I speak to the dead majority. After death, I refused to be courteous and asked to forget. —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《墓志铭》】 阳光斗士•萨巴(1883生—1957卒) 活着时我向死亡的多数说话。 &nbs |
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2018-07-17 
【Happiness】 Umberto Saba (1883—1957) The youth, eager to obligations spontaneously offered their shoulders the burden. Not resistant. Cries of melancholy.
Vagrancy, evasion, poetry, Expensive wonders when it's late! late |
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2018-07-17
【Once we were happy】 Torquato Tasso (1544—1595) Once we were happy, I Loving and beloved, You loved and loving, sweetly moved. Then you became the enemy Of love, and I to disdain Found youthful passion change. Disdai |
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2018-07-17
【Rivers】 Giuseppe Ungaretti (1912—1970) This mutilated tree gives me support, left in this pot-hole It has the bitterness of a circus Before or after the show. I watch The |
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2018-07-17
【Wanderer】 Giuseppe Ungaretti (1912—1970) Nowhere On earth Can I make Myself &nb |
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2018-07-17
【Aiden in English】
Welcome to the first of two stops I've already been to. Today's hot spot was Naples, a beautiful city with a lot of history, but one I happened to be too. So, we decided to go to Sorrento, another place we'd stopped by. That's alright since the main attraction would be the Amalfi coastal drive in the afternoon. Sorrento and Naples are two iconic Itali |
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2018-07-16
【San Martino del Carso】 Giuseppe Ungaretti (1912—1970) Of these houses there remain only a few pieces of wall |
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2018-07-16
【Aiden in English】 Water further than the eyes can see, Traveling out in an endless direction. A flicker, some movement, perhaps it’s land. &nbs |
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2018-07-15
【You may forget but】 Sappho (c. 630 — c. 570 BCE) You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some fu |
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2018-07-15
【Ode on a Grecian Urn】 〖UK〗John Keats (1795—1821) Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express |
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2018-07-15
【Aiden in English】
Olympia, Greece. A grand, majestic name as a center for the worship of Zeus in the 10th century B.C. Right next to Athens and Pompeii, its appearance only grants half the fame. The legends, the history, and the stuff hiding behind the name give substance. It's also why everyone on board seems to be taking a tour of Ancient Olympia along River Kladeos in the Peloponnesus. So, what is |
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2018-07-14
【History of Scanderbeg】 Naim Frashëri (1846-1900) Krujë oh blessed citadel await, await for Scanderbeg! Returning as a hued dove to liberate our motherland.
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2018-07-14
【Hope】 Naim Frashëri (1846-1900) I have great hope In God That he will not abandon Albania thus, But that she will shine forth &n |
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2018-07-14
【Aiden in English】
Gjirokastër, Albania. Wow. What a name! The city is just as obscure as its title. It's easy to assume none of you have heard about it, as it went the same for me. But because the cruise ship stopped at Sarandë in the Balkan region, Giro-Gyro-Gjro... Gjirokastër, of all places, would have to do. Gjirokastër, the town of a thousand steps, perhaps isn't as off the map |
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2018-07-13
【Game of Thrones】 Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick, a shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very large shadow. The snail back home in the body, people put in their hearts Le bien n'est bien qu'en tant que l'on s'en peut défaire ; Sans cela, c'est un mal.
—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《权力的游戏》】 |
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2018-07-13
【Game of Thrones】 When you play Game of Thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground. Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. We, mothers, do what we can to keep our sons from the grave. But they do seem to yearn for it. Prodigies appear in the oddest of places.
—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《权力的游戏》】 |
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2018-07-13
【Aiden in English】
It does feel as if we are on a Hollywood tour. Look at the stops so far: Venice and Verona. We've had the blockbuster magnet and lovers-galore in Venice. We’ve experienced a truly magnificent trip through a literary classic in Verona. Today, we add the "Pearl of the Adriatic". This is the first stop on the Oosterdam of the Holland America Line, a little-known, beautiful coa |
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2018-07-12
【Aiden in English】 Splash! Not water, Bottom of the net. Whoosh! Not wind, Ball through the air.
Time and time again, the court calls, I can't resist. &nbs |
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2018-07-11 
【Aiden in English】
On the last day in Venice, I'm ready to set sail. Drunk on pizza, tired of pasta, sick of gelato, I think I've experienced the Italian lifestyle a little too much. For the past three days, I've had pizza or pasta for every lunch and dinner. That's incredibly unhealthy. I thoroughly enjoyed breakfast, though. It was the only time I had any vegetables. So, the transition to a 12-day cruis |
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2018-07-10
【English Horn】 Eugenio Montale (1896—1981) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗 The wind this evening attentively plays bringing to mind the ringing metallic slip of a blade- the instrument of thick trees and open copper horizon where the lath of light ya |
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2018-07-10
【Again and Again, I Have Seen Life's Evil】 Eugenio Montale (1896—1981) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗 Again and again, I have seen life's evil: it was the strangled brook, still gurgling, it was the curling of the shriveled leaf, it was the fallen horse.
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2018-07-10
【Happiness】 Eugenio Montale (1896—1981) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗 Happiness is achieved, walking for you on a blade’s hedge. To our eyes, you are a glimmer that flickers, afoot, stretched ice that cracks; and therefore shall not touch you who loves you most.
If you reach |
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2018-07-10
【Aiden in English】
“In fair Verona, where we lay our scene." That's one of the few lines I remember from Romeo and Juliet. And so, in honor of the “greatest literary playwright” in history, today's adventure brought us to Verona. Honestly, I don't think Verona would receive nearly as many tourists without Shakespeare's depiction |
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2018-07-09
【I Recall Your Smile】 Eugenio Montale (1896—1981) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗 I recall your smile, and for me, it is limpid water witnessed by chance among the stones of a riverbed. slight mirror in which you see an ivy and its inflorescence, and overall the embrace of a serene white sky.
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2018-07-09
【Any Hope of Ever Seeing You Again】 Eugenio Montale (1896—1981) 〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗 Any hope of ever seeing you again was slipping away;
and I wondered if that which cut off for me all sense of you, that screen of images, contain |
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